Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Covington, KY Crime Grade
How Covington grades for violent crime against every other reporting U.S. city — and against the rest of Kentucky — based on the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting data.
National
7/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Kentucky
9/10
vs. Kentucky cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Covington, KY was 282.4 per 100,000 residents (118 incidents over a population of 41,781). That puts Covington 13% below the U.S. rate of 325.3 and 42% above the Kentucky statewide rate of 198.5.
Violent crime rate, 5-year trend
Per 100,000 residents. Covington (red), Kentucky (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Covington vs. U.S., 2025 — by offense
Rates per 100,000 residents for each offense category.
Full data, last 5 years
Rates per 100,000 residents. Raw counts in parentheses.
| Offense | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | 347.4(140) | 265.6(108) | 302.7(124) | 295.2(121) | 282.4(118) |
| Murder | 7.4(3) | 2.5(1) | 9.8(4) | 4.9(2) | 0.0(0) |
| Rape | 64.5(26) | 44.3(18) | 53.7(22) | 70.8(29) | 67.0(28) |
| Robbery | 101.7(41) | 78.7(32) | 92.8(38) | 75.6(31) | 59.8(25) |
| Aggravated assault | 173.7(70) | 140.2(57) | 146.5(60) | 144.0(59) | 155.6(65) |
| Property crime | 1853.7(747) | 1775.8(722) | 1913.7(784) | 1666.5(683) | 1395.4(583) |
| Burglary | 287.9(116) | 238.6(97) | 236.8(97) | 209.8(86) | 174.7(73) |
| Larceny | 1260.6(508) | 1254.4(510) | 1303.5(534) | 1102.9(452) | 959.8(401) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 287.9(116) | 273.0(111) | 361.3(148) | 346.5(142) | 253.7(106) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting via the Crime Data Explorer. Agency-level data, pulled directly. No third-party aggregators, no proprietary score.
- Metric: Violent crime rate per 100,000 residents (murder + rape + robbery + aggravated assault), most recent fully-reported year.
- National decile: Covington's rate placed against all FBI-reporting U.S. cities with population ≥ 25,000. 1 = safest.
- State decile: Same calculation restricted to Kentucky cities with population ≥ 10,000.
- Letter grade: 1–3 = A · 4–5 = B · 6–7 = C · 8 = D · 9–10 = F.
- Refresh: Twice a year. The FBI typically releases the prior year's full data each September.
- Limits: The FBI relies on local agency reporting. Rates reflect what was reported, not what occurred.
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